Robert gans



Patented Dec. 6, I898.

R. GANS. BUTTO NER.

(Application filed Mag. 11. 1898.)

( o Model.)

INVENTOH WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

ROBERT GANS, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

YBUTTONER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters ."Patent N 0. 615,482, datedDecember 6, 1898.

Application filed March 11,1898 Serial No. 673,438. (No model.)

To all whom it 777/667] concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT GANS, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttoners, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in buttoners; and it consists inthe novel devices hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to produce a buttoner which, whileanswering all the purposes of the usual button-hook, may be convenientlyused for buttonin g collars and cuffs.

The buttoner embodying my invention comprises a handle, an eye on oneend of said handle to engage the button, and an armintermediate the saidhandle and eye to engage and operate as a stop and fulcrum at the end ofthe buttonhole nearer the button to be delivered within the buttonholeby the manipulation of the buttoner.

The invention will be more fully understood from the detaileddescription hereinafter presented, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of thebuttoner and a cuff, the eye of the buttoner being shown as having beenpassed through the buttonhole and the arm as engaging the end of thebuttonhole and acting as a stop for the buttoner. Fig. 2 isa like viewof same and illustrates the further manipulation of the device inengaging the button, drawing the same toward the buttonhole; and Fig. 3is a further like View of same and illustrates the final operation ofthe buttonerin drawing the button into and through the buttonhole.

In the drawings, A designates the buttoner, and B a cuff, with which,for purposes of explanation, the buttoner is shown in operation.

The buttoner A comprises the handle a, closed eye Z), and arm 0, thelatter being intermediate the handle a and eye I) and the whole beingpreferably stamped in one piece from sheet metal. The eye I) ispreferably somewhat elongated in form and is of proper size to passdirectly over the head of the button.

The buttoner is preferably formed in one piece from sheet metal byreason of the smallness of cost and accuracy of construction due to theprocesses of stamping articles from sheet metal, and also by reason ofthe fact that thereby the buttoner may be made thin, so as to readilypass through the buttonholes of starched fabrics and beneath the head ofthe buttons, and also to take the strain when in use in line with thewidth of the metal, thus compelling the thin buttoner to afford all thestrength necessary for the delivery of the button into its buttonhole.The fact that the eye bis entirely closed also aids in enabling me tosecure sufficient strength in the eye with the minimum thickness andquantity of metal.

The method of employing the buttoner is illustrated in .the drawings.The eye of the buttoner is first inserted through the buttonhole whichis to receive the button, as indicated in Fig. 1, the arm 0 engaging theend of the buttonhole and forming a stop. The handle of the'buttoner isthereafter turned to the left, as indicated in Fig. 2, and the eye ofthe buttoner is passed over the head of the button, and thereupon thehandle of the buttoner will be turned downward and toward the right inorder to draw the head of the button through the buttonhole, asillustrated in Fig. 3. During the turning of the handle of the buttonerfrom the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2 to that in which it isshown in Fig. 3 the arm 0 acts as a fulcrum and stop and the side of theeye 1) nearest to the arm 0 operates to pull the buttonhead toward andthrough the buttonhole, as indicated in Fig. 3. During the drawing ofthe button-head through the buttonhole the side of the eye I) fartherfrom the arm a first returns through and keeps the buttonhole open, andthus the button-head may be readily carried through the buttonhole bythe pressure exerted on the shank of the button by that side of the eye6 nearer to the arm 0.

The buttoner made the subject of this application is admirably adaptedfor the buttoning of collars, wristbands, cuffs, and other articles madeof starched fabrics.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The buttoner having the closed eye I) of flat metal and adapted topass over the head :0 center thereof, the said eye, handle and arm beingin one integral piece of sheet metal and of the form and constructionsubstantially as shown and set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 10th day of r 5 March, A. D. 1898.

ROBERT GANS. Witnesses:

CHAS. C. GILL, E. J 0s. BELKNAP.

